1A West Boys Basketball Playoff Brackets If The Season Ended Today
Sports, Team FYN Sports, TeamFYNSports February 7, 2023
Photo courtesy of Joanna McMahan
As the 2022-2023 NCHSAA 1A Basketball regular season comes to an end, we decided to take our best shot at predicting what the first-round playoff matchups would look like if the season ended today. Obviously, these will change due to teams having more games to play and the human error aspect of things, but this should be a good generalization of what things will look like.
Seeding
- Conference champions will be seeded before any other qualifying teams by RPI rating
- All other teams will be seeded after the conference champions by the RPI rating of the school, regardless of conference finish
- Each region (East/West) will be seeded independently of one another, utilizing the RPI rating of the school
RPI Rankings
| CLASS 1A WEST | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | RECORD | |||||
| 1 | Mountain Heritage | 20-1-0 | ||||
| 2 | South Stokes | 18-4-0 | ||||
| 3 | Thomasville | 18-4-0 | ||||
| 4 | Eastern Randolph | 20-2-0 | ||||
| 5 | North Stokes | 20-3-0 | ||||
| 6 | Bishop McGuinness | 18-5-0 | ||||
| 7 | Robbinsville | 18-5-0 | ||||
| 8 | Bessemer City | 14-7-0 | ||||
| 9 | Corvian Community | 13-6-0 | ||||
| 10 | Murphy | 14-8-0 | ||||
| 11 | Starmount | 12-9-0 | ||||
| 12 | Carolina International | 13-14-0 | ||||
| 13 | Avery County | 14-8-0 | ||||
| 14 | Mount Airy | 7-12-0 | ||||
| 15 | Leadership Academy | 13-7-0 | ||||
| 16 | Cornerstone Charter | 14-4-0 | ||||
| 17 | Queen’s Grant | 13-8-0 | ||||
| 18 | Andrews | 13-10-0 | ||||
| 19 | Hayesville | 13-9-0 | ||||
| 20 | Swain County | 11-11-0 | ||||
| 21 | Winston-Salem Prep | 11-8-0 | ||||
| 22 | Cherokee | 11-11-0 | ||||
| 23 | Cherryville | 11-11-0 | ||||
| 24 | Piedmont Community Charter | 14-8-0 | ||||
| 25 | Uwharrie Charter | 6-16-0 | ||||
| 26 | Mountain Island Charter | 8-10-0 | ||||
| 27 | Christ the King | 10-10-0 | ||||
| 28 | Albemarle | 11-10-0 | ||||
| 29 | Alleghany | 11-10-0 | ||||
| 30 | Draughn | 11-11-0 | ||||
| 31 | North Rowan | 11-11-0 | ||||
| 32 | Bradford Prep | 11-12-0 | ||||
| 33 | Hiwassee Dam | 10-12-0 | ||||
As you can see, Hiwassee Dam looks like they are below the 32 team cutoff but thanks to the fact they are currently the Little SMC leaders, they will get one of the final top 10 seeds that go to conference champions. Albemarle is in the same boat as they will jump up the ladder thanks to being the top 1A team in their 1A/2A split conference, but North Stokes will suffer due to the conference champion priority seeding as South Stokes is the current leader in their conference.
Projected First Round Matchups (as of 2-7-23 / 1:30 pm)
(1) Mountain Heritage vs (32) Bradford Prep
(2) South Stokes vs (31) Draughn
(3) Thomasville vs (30) Alleghany
(4) Eastern Randolph vs (29) Christ The King
(5) Bishop McGuinness vs (28) Mtn Island Charter
(6) Robbinsville vs (27) Uwharrie Charter
(7) Bessemer City vs (26) Piedmont Community Charter
(8) Corvian Community vs (25) Cherryville
(9) Albemarle vs (24) Cherokee
(10) Hiwassee Dam vs (23) WS Prep
(11) North Stokes vs (22) Swain County
(12) Murphy vs (21) Hayesville
(13) Starmount vs (20) Andrews
(14) Carolina International vs (19) Queens Grant
(15) Leadership Academy vs (18) Mount Airy
(16) Cornerstone Charter vs (17) Avery County
These matchups will change as we get final results for the regular season and the Conference tournament, we will keep this post as current as possible with updates and amendments.
#TeamFYNsports All-Area Basketball Teams Announced
Team FYN Sports, TeamFYNSports March 16, 2021
Our FYN Sports writers got together after this crazy basketball season and compiled our All-Coverage Area Basketball Teams.
The players were selected based on their contributions to their team as a whole, and their individual statistics.
We selected Area Players of the Year, which were the best mens and womens players out of all 25+ counties that FYN covers in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
Mens Area Player of the Year- Kolby Moss
Moss led the Towns County Mens Basketball team to its first ever State Championship, while also breaking the schools scoring record along the way! Moss picked up an offer from Young Harris College Basketball and we look forward to watching him play just down the road if thats what he decides to do!
Womens Area Player of the Year- Torin Rogers
Rogers led the Murphy Lady Bulldogs to their second straight State Title game as a Junior! She was the main source of offense for the Bulldogs, while also leading the team in rebounding. We look forward to covering Torin in her senior year as she has her team striving for a 3 peat!
All Area Boys Team-
North Carolina Boys Player of the Year- Kolbe Ashe
Kolbe Ashe- Hayesville
Abram Abling- Murphy
Jake McTaggart, Aidan Berrong, Kolby Moss- Towns County
Gus Faulkner, Jones Harris- Lumpkin
Joakim Celestin, Jake Craft- Dawson
Cade Carter- Gilmer
Jadon Yeh- White County
Tucker Lowe, Luke Rogers- Pickens
Kaeden Twiggs – Fannin
Caleb John- Union
All Area Girls Team-
Torin Rogers, Sarah Pullium- Murphy
Desta Trammell- Robbinsville
Isabel Davenport, Mackenzie Caldwell- Lumpkin
Maddie Anglin- Dawson
Dasha Cannon- White County
Vanessa Floyd- Towns County
Ava Hunter- Union County
Becca Ledford, Abby ledford, – Fannin County
Emma Callihan, Elli Callihan- Gilmer
Cassidy Richards, Amanda Nelson- Pickens
Georgia Coach of the Year- Ryan Chastain
Georgia Girls Player of the Year- Becca Ledford
Georgia Boys Player of the Year- Jake McTaggart
North Carolina Coach of the Year- Ray Gutierrez
North Carolina Girls Player of the Year- Desta Trammell
North Carolina Boys Player of the Year- Kolbe Ashe
#TeamFYNsports All-Area Basketball Teams Announced
Team FYN Sports, TeamFYNSports March 17, 2021
Our FYN Sports writers got together after this crazy basketball season and compiled our All-Coverage Area Basketball Teams.
The players were selected based on their contributions to their team as a whole, and their individual statistics.
We selected Area Players of the Year, which were the best mens and womens players out of all 25+ counties that FYN covers in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
Mens Area Player of the Year- Kolby Moss
Moss led the Towns County Mens Basketball team to its first ever State Championship, while also breaking the schools scoring record along the way! Moss picked up an offer from Young Harris College Basketball and we look forward to watching him play just down the road if thats what he decides to do!
Womens Area Player of the Year- Torin Rogers
Rogers led the Murphy Lady Bulldogs to their second straight State Title game as a Junior! She was the main source of offense for the Bulldogs, while also leading the team in rebounding. We look forward to covering Torin in her senior year as she has her team striving for a 3 peat!
All Area Boys Team-
North Carolina Boys Player of the Year- Kolbe Ashe
Kolbe Ashe- Hayesville
Abram Abling- Murphy
Nathan Collins- Robbinsville
Jake McTaggart, Aidan Berrong, Kolby Moss- Towns County
Gus Faulkner, Jones Harris- Lumpkin
Joakim Celestin, Jake Craft- Dawson
Cade Carter- Gilmer
Jadon Yeh- White County
Tucker Lowe, Luke Rogers- Pickens
Kaeden Twiggs – Fannin
Caleb John- Union
All Area Girls Team-
Torin Rogers, Sarah Pullium- Murphy
Desta Trammell- Robbinsville
Isabel Davenport, Mackenzie Caldwell- Lumpkin
Maddie Anglin- Dawson
Dasha Cannon- White County
Vanessa Floyd- Towns County
Ava Hunter- Union County
Becca Ledford, Abby ledford, – Fannin County
Emma Callihan, Elli Callihan- Gilmer
Cassidy Richards, Amanda Nelson- Pickens
Georgia Coach of the Year- Ryan Chastain
Georgia Girls Player of the Year- Becca Ledford
Georgia Boys Player of the Year- Jake McTaggart
North Carolina Coach of the Year- Ray Gutierrez
North Carolina Girls Player of the Year- Desta Trammell
North Carolina Boys Player of the Year- Kolbe Ashe